USS Cabildo Under Construction
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company
Newport News, VA 1944
1st Division USS Cabildo at morning muster.
Lt(jg) Macrone, Division Officer & Ensign White, Assistant Division Officer
Ensign John White, 5" gun captain with gun crew
Disembarking POWs at Okinawa. Lt. Charles Glynn, Executive Officer with hands on hips.
September 19, 1945
Disembarking POWs at Okinawa.
September 19, 1945
Disembarking POWs at Okinawa. Exec directing traffic.
September 19, 1945
USS Cabildo with full load of trucks on helo deck
Area unknown. Full load of LCM's
At 20mm Gun
(l to r) Rude Osolnik, Harry Dick, Maury White
(l to r) John White, Rude Osolnik, Ted Berry
Wakanura Wan, Japan
circa 1945
(l to r) Rude Osolnik, Maury White
circa 1945
Conning tower and gun mount
Crew members
Top row ( l to r) Bob Scanlon, unknown, Al Meister, James Guerra, John Herrick, unknown.
Bottom row (l to r) unknown, Jack Edward, Herschel Kaiser, John DeGiovanni, unknown.
Charles Thomas, unknown, unknown, Meader, Frank Terry, unknown
(l to r) Jessee Wilson RdM1c, Charles Vaas RdM3c, George Stokem RdM3c
Leo Kerman RdM3c
LSM boarding Cabildo
LCM's in well deck
"O" Division taken on board the Cabildo in August, 1945
Front Row (l to r) Archibald S1c(GM Striker), Maskalaris FC3c, Ed Kurkus FC3c, Cain GM3c, Kopysinski S1c (GM Striker). Second Row (l to r) Chuck Morrow GM2c, Looney S1c (GM Striker), Houtz GM2c, Franzier GM2c, Penrose Fake, GM2c, Neil Scarpelli S1c (GM Striker). Third Row (l to r) Brantley GM1c, Lt. Gordon Dewart, gunnery officer, Harry Gilmore CGM, Steinman S1c (GM Striker) Lewis GM1c, Lt. Maury White, assistant gunnery officer. Top Row (l to r) Holman GM2c, Mayberry GM2c, Kitchell FC3c, Glenn Nichols FC1c W.E.T.Flowers GM3c, Glock GM1c
"R" Division just after Commissioning, March 1945
USS Cabildo after installation of helicopter deck.
OPS Transferring man at sea with USS Estes GC-12
LSMR 401 entering well deck in San Diego 1953
LSMR in well deck
Leaving San Diego for Mare Island
LTV's leaving the well deck
Radio shack
Operational Readiness Inspection 20mm's
One 20mm gun crew at Operational Readiness Inspection
Operational Readiness Inspection Port 40mm
Commanding Officer C.G. Lee, Cdr USN
Farrell, RM3c at Inchon, Korea
Bozzuto, Fuhrman, Brixey, Farrell
Marlex OPS Tokchok To, Korea LVTS
Fleet Landing in Sasebo, Japan
LCM's in well deck at Pang Yong Do, Korea
Movie screen strung between stacks
40mm Gun Crew 1945
The following five photographs are compliments of Lt(jg) Warren Gammeter circa 1962-64.
Exercise off Molaki, Hawaii in fall of 1963
Helicopter landing on aft end of flight deck as heavy cargo
being loaded into LCU's in flooded well deck.
USS Point Defiance (LSD-31) in background
Phibron 7 with either Belle Grove or Carter Hall in background
When personal cars could be transported on the Cabildo
#2 Helo on deck in San Francisco. Yerba Buena and Bay Bridge in background
The following five photographs were provided compliments of Jim Wartman.
USS Alamo (LSD-33) with Marine Armored Personnel Carrier- Landing Vehicle Craft (LVT) coming alongside.
circa 1966
Stern view of USS Alamo (LSD-33) with LCV-8 entering well deck.
Helicopter from USS Princeton (LPH-5) disembarking Marines on flight deck.
LCV-8 entering well deck.
USS Alamo (LSD-33)
The following photograph is of one wall in a memorial room dedicated to Ronald D. Farrell, RM2 by his younger brother Michael. Ron was onboard 1951-53.
The following eleven photographs were provided by Gary Zupkas a Lt(jg) serving onboard the Cabildo during the WesPac cruise in 1968-1969.
LVT operations off Camp Pendleton. Lt. R.K. Bishop in foreground
"Operation Bell Call" - Minesweeper signals for medical assistance
XO LtCdr D.L. Blackistone - 1969
Signal gang: Margulis SM3, Jack SN, Karnes SM3, Morris SM3 & Hedges SM2
Helo ops off Viet Nam
CO R.C. Johnston and Chief Engineer Lt. Reed
Typhoon Della off Japan
Lt(jg) Gary Zupkas underway replenishment with USS Hasayampa (AO-145)
QMC Thompson and Karnes SM3. LST and USS Repose in Danang Harbor
Taking 45 degree rolls in typhoon off Okinawa
Coming into Alava pier, Subic Bay outboard USS Saint Paul
USS Lindenwald (LSD-6) working her way through ice fields in Alaska
Midshipman Matthew White Class 04
United States Naval Academy
Webmaster's Grandson
Grumman F-14 in close fly-by of an aircraft carrier
USS Denver (LPD-9) Damage sustained from collision during refueling operation off Hawaii
USS Denver (LPD-9)
USS Cole (DDG-67) Damage sustained on October 12, 2000 resulting from terrorist attack during refueling stop in Aden, Yeman. Our condolences to the families of the eleven sailors who lost their lives.
Taken in Bitterroot National Forest in Montana on August 6, 2000 by a fire behavior analyst from Fairbanks, Alaska.
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